Pune: Satara police fatally shot Lakhan Bhosale, a criminal on record, near Shikrapur after he allegedly refused to surrender and charged at the police party around 6.30pm on Saturday. Pune Rural SP Sandeep Singh Gill said, “A Satara police team reached the Malthan Phata area in search of Bhosale, a resident of Vadgaon Pusawale in Satara, and his accomplice, Amol Daulappa Kere, following a tip-off. When an attempt was made to catch Bhosale and his accomplice Bhosale attacked constable Sujit Bhosale with a knife, stabbing him on the chest and hand. Bhosale attacked another constable, Tushar Bhosale, too.““In self-defence, the Satara police opened fire, in which Bhosale was seriously injured. He was rushed to a hospital in Pune city for treatment and later shifted to the Rural Hospital in Shikrapur, where doctors declared him dead,” he said.Last week, Bhosale and his accomplices charged at a woman, who was on her morning walk in Satara city, and robbed her of gold chain. The Satara police Bhosale was booked and arrested in cases of robbery, dacoity and chain snatchings. His body was sent to Sassoon hospital for post-mortem examination, he added.
